Exploration

The purpose of this project is to engage students in learning about the European influence on Canada through a variety of digital tools. The use of technology provides learners with new opportunities to build knowledge in a different manner than traditional means.

Project Goal
- To analyse the dynamic relationships of people with land, environments, events, and ideas as they have affected the past, shape the present, and influence the future.

Learning Outcome

DR 5.3 - Identify the European influence on Canadian society

Indicators
  • Plot the principal voyages and experiences of the first European explorers who came to what is now Canada (e.g. Cabot, Cartier, Champlain, Hudson, Kelsey, Fraser, Hearn).
  • Show how trade influenced the establishment of the first communities in Canada.
  • Explore the relationship between the British, First Nations, and the French in what is now Canada.
  • Undertake an inquiry to determine how the fur trade affected the people of Canada.


Curriculum Sources - Draft copy of Grade 5 Saskatchewan Social Studies Curriculum

Go to the Process to see what to do next



Created by Todd Volk
for EC&I 832 - Winter 2010